Didn't President Jefferson order him and Clark to take copious notes on all they encountered?

Since the start of the voyage we have had to rely on the steady hands and imaginative spellings of Capt. William Clark, Pvt. Joseph Whitehouse, Sgt. John Ordway, Sgt. Patrick Gass and Sgt. Charles Floyd.

"Curiously, there are no records of daily events by Lewis for this period, from May 1804 to April 1805, except for two short fragments of two days each" says Gary Moulton, historian and editor of the 13-volume Lewis and Clark Journals.

"Lewis seems to have contented himself with writing scientific notes from his observations. Whether he failed to keep a diary of daily events for this period or whether such notes are lost has never been wholly resovled."

Meanwhile, the Corps is detained this morning by a heavy rain, and the sudden 80-degree heat makes work unbearable, reports Pvt. Joseph Whitehouse.

"The weather proved excessive hot, as it was the two succeeding days, & being by far the warmest weather that we met with for a long time."